Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
- Proto-Italic*kaidō
- Latincaedō
- Latinincīdō
- New Latinincīsor
- Englishincisor
Borrowed from New Latin incīsor, from Latin incīdō (“to cut into, cut through”) + -tor (“-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).
More words from New Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic قَاطِعَة
- قَاطِعَة (qāṭiʕa)narrow-edged tooth
Bulgarian резе́ц
- резе́ц (rezéc)narrow-edged tooth
Catalan incisiva, dent incisiva
- incisivanarrow-edged tooth
- dent incisivanarrow-edged tooth
Chinese Mandarin 門牙 /门牙, 門齒 /门齿
- 門牙 /门牙 (ményá)narrow-edged tooth
- 門齒 /门齿 (ménchǐ)narrow-edged tooth
Czech řezák
- řezáknarrow-edged tooth
Danish fortand
- fortandnarrow-edged tooth
Dutch snijtand
- snijtandnarrow-edged tooth
Esperanto incizivo, tranĉodento
- incizivonarrow-edged tooth
- tranĉodentonarrow-edged tooth
Finnish etuhammas
- etuhammasnarrow-edged tooth
French incisive
- incisivenarrow-edged tooth
German Schneidezahn
- Schneidezahnnarrow-edged tooth
Greek κοπτήρας, τομεύς
- κοπτήρας (koptíras)narrow-edged tooth
- τομεύς (toméfs)narrow-edged tooth
- τομέας (toméas)narrow-edged tooth
Hebrew חוֹתֶכֶת
- חוֹתֶכֶת (ḥotechét)narrow-edged tooth
Hindi कृन्तक
- कृन्तक (kŕntak)narrow-edged tooth
Hungarian metszőfog
- metszőfognarrow-edged tooth
Icelandic framtönn
- framtönnnarrow-edged tooth
Italian incisivo
- incisivonarrow-edged tooth
Japanese 門歯
- 門歯 (monshi)narrow-edged tooth
Korean 앞니, 문치
- 앞니 (amni)narrow-edged tooth
- 문치 (munchi)narrow-edged tooth
Malay gigi kacip
- gigi kacipnarrow-edged tooth
Māori niho tapahi, pākirikiri
- niho tapahinarrow-edged tooth
- pākirikirinarrow-edged tooth
Norwegian Bokmål fortann
- fortannnarrow-edged tooth
Persian دندان پیش
- دندان پیش (dandân-e piš)narrow-edged tooth
Polish siekacz
- siekacznarrow-edged tooth
Portuguese incisivo
- incisivonarrow-edged tooth
Romanian incisiv
- incisivnarrow-edged tooth
Russian резе́ц
- резе́ц (rezéc)narrow-edged tooth
Scottish Gaelic clàr-fhiacaill
- clàr-fhiacaillnarrow-edged tooth
Slovak rezák
- rezáknarrow-edged tooth
Spanish diente incisivo, incisivo
- diente incisivonarrow-edged tooth
- incisivonarrow-edged tooth
- cortadornarrow-edged tooth
- incisornarrow-edged tooth
Swedish framtand, incisiv
- framtandnarrow-edged tooth
- incisivnarrow-edged tooth
Tagalog ngiping harap
- ngiping harapnarrow-edged tooth
Thai ฟันตัด
- ฟันตัด (fan-dtàt)narrow-edged tooth
Turkish kesici diş
- kesici dişnarrow-edged tooth
Vietnamese răng cửa
- răng cửanarrow-edged tooth
Welsh dant blaen
- dant blaennarrow-edged tooth
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with incisor
advisorkaisercaesarvisorappetizerriserwiserdivisorgeyserreviserfinalizertenderizerappriserapprizerbaptizerchastisercognizerdespiserdeviserdevisordisguiserguisermicropulverizerprizer
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Cite this entry
APA
incisor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incisor
MLA
“incisor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incisor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incisor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incisor.
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